Implication of Chinese wedding process: 1. Why shoot the car curtain?
After the sedan chair stopped, the groom held a bow and arrow in his hand and shot three arrows at the sky, the earth and the bride respectively, meaning to raise the arrow and bend the bow for good luck. This ancient custom legend can drive away evil spirits from the bride;
Another meaning is to give the bride a fright and remind her to abide by women's morality and be a good wife after becoming a daughter-in-law. 、
2. Why cross the brazier?
The bride and groom cross the brazier together, which means to ward off evil spirits and pray for a happy marriage. According to legend, the tradition of crossing the brazier is to hinder the tracking of "chasing ghosts". Ghosts are afraid of fire and can't cross the brazier.
3. Why cross the saddle?
Popular in Han areas, especially in the Tang and Song Dynasties, followed by later generations. Saddle "and" An "are homophonic, meaning" Long-term peace ". Put it on the threshold of the bridal chamber, meaning that the bride will be safe all her life across the saddle.
The bride stepped into the threshold with her front foot and didn't lift her back foot. The whole person took off the saddle with her parents and children, which just fits the meaning of "a woman doesn't want a man, and a good horse doesn't deserve a double saddle".
4. Why do you want to pick the hijab?
This ceremony is the first important event of our most familiar wedding night. The groom will take off the veil from the bride's head with a scale. After the veil is taken off, the groom will touch the bride's hair with his hand.
Lifting the lid on the scale symbolizes contentment, and stroking your hair symbolizes growing old together.
5. Why do you want to step on tiles?
Stepping on a tile safely at the end of the year means that the past is like a broken tile and a new life is to be started. The metaphor of the past time is like broken tiles.
Another meaning is that in ancient times, people valued boys. The original meaning of pressing tiles is to hope that the bride will not scrape tiles, that is, to have more boys.
6. Why do you worship heaven and earth?
Visiting the church is also called "worshipping heaven and earth". One of the ancient wedding ceremonies. Chinese wedding. Also known as meeting the bride, meeting the bride.
In the past, when holding a wedding, the bride and groom had to worship their ancestors, parents and elders after worshipping heaven and earth. Some people call worship of heaven and earth, ancestors, parents and husband and wife worship the church. In the Tang Dynasty, newly-married women met their aunts and uncles, and their common name was meeting the bride. One worships heaven and earth, the other worships Gaotang, the husband and wife worship each other, and the other worships three times.
7. Why do you want to drink wine?
Toast with two glasses connected by red lines. In ancient times, the gourd was divided into two, symbolizing that husband and wife became one from now on. After marriage, they loved each other and shared joys and sorrows.
The wedding ceremony is not to let the couple perform on the stage, but to make a commitment to life through these meaningful wedding ceremonies.
The Origin of Chinese Wedding: According to legend, the earliest marriage relationship in China and the words of a matchmaker started the wedding. As "Jing Hua Yuan Wai Ji" said: "There was no difference between men and women in ancient times, and Tai Hao began to set up a wedding ceremony, with the skin of the couple as the gift." Since then, the couple's skin (paired deerskin) has become one of the classic wedding gifts. After that, in addition to the "wedding ceremony", we must also "tell our parents"; During the Xia and Shang Dynasties, there were festivals of "before welcoming the court" and "before welcoming the court". The Zhou Dynasty was an era of etiquette. At that time, a complete set of wedding etiquette was gradually formed. There are detailed regulations in "Yili", which combine the whole set of rituals into "six rituals". Since then, the production of the Six Rites Wedding has been the template of the traditional wedding in China, which has been passed down to this day.